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ena lazar ■ pogled skozi steklo • a look through the glass 114 made of manganese coloured glass and the other Another one-handled juglet of the Syro-Pal-
of yellowish glass. The hexagonal body is divid- estinian production with a lenticular and hex-
ed into six panels and each of them shows an ob- agonally designed body (gr. 177) is decorated
ject in high relief: crossed double-ended thyrsoi, only with four concentric circles on each side
a footed jug with a spout to the left and a high and made of manganese-coloured glass. Com-
handle, a footed amphora with high handles, a parisons are known from the collection of the
syrinx or pan pipe, a phiale and a footed crater. Louvre museum (Arveiller-Dulong and Nenna
The juglet was put in a grave (Marković 2012, pl. 2005, 224, cat. nos. 653–5), with the provenance
61: 2–4) with another two glass vessels, a carinat- from Phoenicia and ancient Tortoise. The single
ed cup made of greenish glass with a high kick find of this type of vessel in Budva was part of a
at the base probably of a Cypriot production grave that can be dated to the middle or to the
(Arveiller-Dulong and Nenna 2005, 192, no. 531) second half of the 1st century (Marković 2012,
and an elongated balsamarium with simple cut- 370, nos. 12–18). Two graves from the Zadar ne-
off rim (Isings 8) and can therefore be dated to cropolis, where similar flasks were discovered,
the first half of the 1st century or even beginning offer evidence for more precise chronology and
of the 2nd century. In Thessaloniki, the same type are dated to the mid of the 1st century (Fadić and
of bottle was found in the public bathhouse of Štefanac 2010, 285).
the agora and is dated to the last two decades of
the 1st century (Antonaras 2010, 246). Rather numerous (11) is a group of al-
mond-shaped and date-shaped flasks, decorat-
Figure 51: The juglet with Dionysiac symbols made ed with a pattern of vertical ridges imitating al-
of violet-coloured glass, grave 81. Museums and Galleries mond-shell and only a few of them resemble
the wrinkled skin of a date. They are made pre-
of Budva, Montenegro (photo: Irena Lazar). dominantly of manganese-coloured glass, one is
Slika 51: Vrček z dionizičnimi simboli iz vijolično obarva- brownish yellow while two are made of transpar-
nega stekla, grob 81. Muzeji in galerije Budve, Črna gora ent greenish glass (like an example from Nice;
Fontaine and Roussel-Ode 2010, 190, no. 96).
(foto: Irena Lazar). Comparison in form and colour can be found
in the Hermitage collection (Kunina 1997, 280,
cat. no. 146, fig. 91, left). In grave groups, they
are rarely combined with other mould-blown
vessels, and most frequently are added in pairs
(Marković 2012, gr. 39, 27/2, A-I/11) or in com-
bination with free-blown balsamarium (174,
A-I/8). Graves with these flasks in Budva date to
the 1st and 2nd centuries.
In plot construction No. V a grave with three
mould-blown vessels in a stone urn was excavated
(Marković 2012, 168, pl. 97). A double-head flask,
a bottle with a honey-comb decorated body and
a miniature transport amphora were all made of
manganese-coloured glass. A double-head flask
has a body in the shape of two heads of Medusa.
The tubular neck has a constriction in the low-
er part and widens towards the head. The flask
can be compared with a find published by E. M.
Stern dated to the late 1st or 2nd century (1995, 22,
of yellowish glass. The hexagonal body is divid- estinian production with a lenticular and hex-
ed into six panels and each of them shows an ob- agonally designed body (gr. 177) is decorated
ject in high relief: crossed double-ended thyrsoi, only with four concentric circles on each side
a footed jug with a spout to the left and a high and made of manganese-coloured glass. Com-
handle, a footed amphora with high handles, a parisons are known from the collection of the
syrinx or pan pipe, a phiale and a footed crater. Louvre museum (Arveiller-Dulong and Nenna
The juglet was put in a grave (Marković 2012, pl. 2005, 224, cat. nos. 653–5), with the provenance
61: 2–4) with another two glass vessels, a carinat- from Phoenicia and ancient Tortoise. The single
ed cup made of greenish glass with a high kick find of this type of vessel in Budva was part of a
at the base probably of a Cypriot production grave that can be dated to the middle or to the
(Arveiller-Dulong and Nenna 2005, 192, no. 531) second half of the 1st century (Marković 2012,
and an elongated balsamarium with simple cut- 370, nos. 12–18). Two graves from the Zadar ne-
off rim (Isings 8) and can therefore be dated to cropolis, where similar flasks were discovered,
the first half of the 1st century or even beginning offer evidence for more precise chronology and
of the 2nd century. In Thessaloniki, the same type are dated to the mid of the 1st century (Fadić and
of bottle was found in the public bathhouse of Štefanac 2010, 285).
the agora and is dated to the last two decades of
the 1st century (Antonaras 2010, 246). Rather numerous (11) is a group of al-
mond-shaped and date-shaped flasks, decorat-
Figure 51: The juglet with Dionysiac symbols made ed with a pattern of vertical ridges imitating al-
of violet-coloured glass, grave 81. Museums and Galleries mond-shell and only a few of them resemble
the wrinkled skin of a date. They are made pre-
of Budva, Montenegro (photo: Irena Lazar). dominantly of manganese-coloured glass, one is
Slika 51: Vrček z dionizičnimi simboli iz vijolično obarva- brownish yellow while two are made of transpar-
nega stekla, grob 81. Muzeji in galerije Budve, Črna gora ent greenish glass (like an example from Nice;
Fontaine and Roussel-Ode 2010, 190, no. 96).
(foto: Irena Lazar). Comparison in form and colour can be found
in the Hermitage collection (Kunina 1997, 280,
cat. no. 146, fig. 91, left). In grave groups, they
are rarely combined with other mould-blown
vessels, and most frequently are added in pairs
(Marković 2012, gr. 39, 27/2, A-I/11) or in com-
bination with free-blown balsamarium (174,
A-I/8). Graves with these flasks in Budva date to
the 1st and 2nd centuries.
In plot construction No. V a grave with three
mould-blown vessels in a stone urn was excavated
(Marković 2012, 168, pl. 97). A double-head flask,
a bottle with a honey-comb decorated body and
a miniature transport amphora were all made of
manganese-coloured glass. A double-head flask
has a body in the shape of two heads of Medusa.
The tubular neck has a constriction in the low-
er part and widens towards the head. The flask
can be compared with a find published by E. M.
Stern dated to the late 1st or 2nd century (1995, 22,
